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Home Audio, Networks, Practical Electronics, and New Listening Perspectives in audioXpress September 2025
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Fasten Your Seatbelts. Knowledge for Speaker Designers Now Available in Voice Coil September 2025

Fasten Your Seatbelts. Knowledge for Speaker Designers Now Available in Voice Coil September 2025
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xMEMS Partners with Rayking to Accelerate Adoption of Cypress MEMS Speaker in Wireless Earbuds
by Joao Martins

xMEMS Partners with Rayking to Accelerate Adoption of Cypress MEMS Speaker in Wireless Earbuds

xMEMS Labs announced a strategic partnership with Dongguan Rayking Electronics to co-develop a turnkey Cypress + Alta-S speaker module for next-generation TWS earbuds. The collaboration follows xMEMS announcement that Cypress and its companion Alta-S ASIC are now ready for mass production. A manufacturer of electret condenser microphones (ECM) and MEMS microphones, Rayking is highly recognized in consumer electronics, from notebooks and mobile phones to Bluetooth devices and car electronics.
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Hollyland Launches New Large-Scale Wireless Intercom System at IBC 2025
by Joao Martins

Hollyland Launches New Large-Scale Wireless Intercom System at IBC 2025

Hollyland unveiled its next-generation wireless intercom system, delivering unprecedented scale and flexibility for broadcast and professional production operations. The Solidcom H1 system sets new benchmarks for large-venue wireless communications with beltpacks that use AntennaWare's BodyWave antenna technology, enabling greater and more robust roaming capability, at around 50% of the cost of comparable competitor products.
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RTW Introduces Speech Intelligibility Meter and Other Audio Metering and Monitoring Solutions
by Joao Martins

RTW Introduces Speech Intelligibility Meter and Other Audio Metering and Monitoring Solutions

German audio metering pioneer RTW announced a new Speech Intelligibility Meter, developed in cooperation with Fraunhofer IDMT. At IBC 2025, the company showcased further advanced metering solutions for immersive audio and AI-powered analysis based on is new TMxCore audio metering platform. RTW also announced a new Network Display feature for its TouchMonitor 5 and TouchControl 5 platforms, allowing users to display metering or monitoring in a standard web browser, completely independent of the device’s on-screen content.
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    Shure Debuts DCA901 Planar Array Microphone Tailored for Far-Field Capture in Broadcast Production
    by Joao Martins

    Shure Debuts DCA901 Planar Array Microphone Tailored for Far-Field Capture in Broadcast Production

    Shure unveiled its DCA901 Planar Array Microphone at IBC 2025 in Amsterdam. The new MEMS-based array solution advances the field of far-field audio capture in broadcast sports, studio, and live event production, basically replacing 8 traditional shotgun microphones in any configurable and variable area, from a single Dante- and PoE-connected device. The Shure DCA901 features digitally steerable lobes and onboard digital signal processing, allowing operators to remotely isolate and track sound sources, while reducing ambient noise in the mix.
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    Speakers, Microspeakers, and Audio Quality in audioXpress October 2025
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    Speakers, Microspeakers, and Audio Quality in audioXpress October 2025

    Read the report of the 2025 Ohio Speaker Design Competition, immediately followed by a comprehensive Market Update on MEMS Microspeakers. Next up, Steve Hutt and Roger Shively write about Audio System Variance in vehicles, and Thomas Huber and Christoph Apel explain how StreamUnlimited’s StreamAmp Platform can make Speaker Designs Active, Networked, and Connected. Magnus Schäfer (HEAD acoustics) discusses a new MDAQS approach for Cars and Headphones, and Estefanía Cano reviews the Nugen Audio DialogCheck. And much more.
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    Neumann Expands KH Studio Monitor Line with Five New Subwoofers
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    Neumann Expands KH Studio Monitor Line with Five New Subwoofers

    Aiming to offer precise bass reproduction for stereo, surround, and immersive monitoring systems, German pro audio specialist Neumann announced the launch of five new DSP-powered subwoofers in its KH series: KH 805 II, KH 810 II, and KH 870 II, as well as specific models KH 810 II AES67 and KH 870 II AES67 for audio-over-IP (AoIP) configurations. With high SPL capabilities, these new subwoofers deliver unmatched precision, power, and flexibility, with multichannel bass management, more DSP power, and integration with the MA 1 software.
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    Yamaha Launches New High-End YH-4000 and YH-C3000 Headphones
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    Yamaha Launches New High-End YH-4000 and YH-C3000 Headphones

    Yamaha has expanded its premium headphone line with the new YH-4000 and YH-C3000 headphones. The YH-4000 is an open-back model featuring orthodynamic drivers, drawing direct engineering and design from the flagship Yamaha YH-5000SE. It offers a more intimate and energetic sound profile, along with a streamlined accessories package. The YH-C3000 is a closed-back model featuring newly developed orthodynamic drivers and real wood housings. Both models combine comfort with premium features to level up the listening experience.
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    xMEMS Announces Mass Production of Cypress Full-Range PiezoMEMS Ultrasonic Transducer
    by Joao Martins

    xMEMS Announces Mass Production of Cypress Full-Range PiezoMEMS Ultrasonic Transducer

    xMEMS Labs announced that its Cypress full-range MEMS “sound-from-ultrasound” microspeaker, together with the Alta-S companion drive ASIC, is now ready for mass production. This represents the industry’s first commercially viable full-range solid-state audio solution capable of meeting the demanding Sound Pressure Level (SPL) requirements for noise-cancelling true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds. It also indicates that xMEMS is fully convinced that the device will be deemed safe to humans and for extended usage inside the ears.
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    Spotify Finally Launches 24-bit Lossless Streaming
    by Joao Martins

    Spotify Finally Launches 24-bit Lossless Streaming

    Spotify, the streaming music service that continues to dump AI-generated fake music into its own paying subscribers’ playlists, while increasing its prices, just announced a long-overdue higher-quality lossless streaming option. Subscribers on Spotify Premium will now have the option to choose 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC instead of the standard Ogg Vorbis compressed formats it previously offered. The Swedish company doesn’t seem very convinced that this will be recognized by its users who don’t even mind listening to automatic AI-generated fake music.
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    Apple Introduces AirPods Pro 3, Improving the World’s Best-Selling True Wireless Earbuds
    by Joao Martins

    Apple Introduces AirPods Pro 3, Improving the World’s Best-Selling True Wireless Earbuds

    Apple announced the new AirPods Pro 3 true wireless earbuds even before unveiling the expected new iPhone lineup for 2026. Considering the success of a product originally launched 6 years ago, which has been receiving continuous firmware updates, each one introducing groundbreaking new features, the AirPods Pro 3 are essentially a powerful hardware update of the platform. Apple says the design was further refined, the Active Noise Cancellation is now the world’s best for in-ears, introducing new heart rate sensing capabilities and extended battery life.
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